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Estimation of drying time of fresh concrete slabs: acomparative study
Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, Communications and Transport Systems. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering. (Byggtknik)
Gävle, Sweden.
2017 (English)In: Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, ISSN 1726-0531, E-ISSN 1758-8901, Vol. 15, no 2, p. 134-148Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to attempt to compare experimental results for a number of modelsfor the prediction of the drying time of new concrete floors. The investigated methods are the table method, the Swedish Concrete Association (SCA) method and the free computer programme TorkaS 3.2.

Design/methodology/approach – The comparison is based on moisture measurements of four differentfloor specimens. The specimens have different ratios (w/c 0.38, 0.6 and 0.7).

Findings – The results show that there is a good agreement between the table method and the measured values on the specimens with high water-cement ratio (w/c 0.6 and 0.7). However, the deviation becomes greater at lower water-cement ratio (w/c 0.38). TorkaS also resulted in a good agreement with the measurements. However, it is noted that as the drying time increases, the programme exhibits a slowdehydration trend at higher w/c ratios. The SCA method shows various results within the permissible deviation. Moreover, the moisture distribution in concrete with high w/c ratios is found to be mainly influencedby moisture diffusion and little by self-desiccation.

Research limitations/implications – This study is limited to concrete slabs that are drying from oneside in an enclosed building with an heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system operating normally. Moreover, this study concerns concrete without special additives (e.g. silica fumes), which can beused in some specific cases to accelerate or retard the hydration (cure) process.

Practical implications – These compared methods are used widely in Sweden; therefore, it will be interesting to understand their applicability range. Another focus in this paper is to investigate how the effect of self-desiccation of concrete is related to the w/c ratios, taking into consideration the result of these predictionmodels.

Social implications – The paper can suit academic researchers, as well as the commercial industries, in asense that the comparative study will pave a way to the best method to be used for drying time estimation.

Originality/value – The paper contains new information and could be useful to researchers and commercial industries.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2017. Vol. 15, no 2, p. 134-148
Keywords [en]
Drying time, Self-desiccation, Water-cement ratio, Prediction methods
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Construction Management
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-135796DOI: 10.1108/JEDT-02-2016-0011ISI: 000405491900001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-135796DiVA, id: diva2:1089568
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Linköpings universitetAvailable from: 2017-04-20 Created: 2017-04-20 Last updated: 2024-02-01

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